CSR in business start‐ups: an application method for stakeholder engagement

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) method to apply in business start-ups or newly created fi rms, whose main aim is the engagement of stakeholders. Several different CSR resources have been developed from various initiatives, both public and private. However, these initiatives do not highlight and consider the characteristics of newly created fi rms; moreover, most CSR theories and methods of applying social responsibility in fi rms are focused on medium and large fi rms, whose characteristics are so different, compared to start-ups and newly created fi rms. The method proposed in this paper shows the possibility, at least theoretically, to implement a CSR method to tackle all of the interests of future and potential stakeholders in business start-ups.

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